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Genesis 10

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1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and to them were sons born after the flood.Select Genesis 10:1

2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.Select Genesis 10:2

3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.Select Genesis 10:3

4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.Select Genesis 10:4

5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. ¶Select Genesis 10:5

6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.Select Genesis 10:6

7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.Select Genesis 10:7

8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.Select Genesis 10:8

9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: why it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.Select Genesis 10:9

10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Select Genesis 10:10

11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Select Genesis 10:11

12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.Select Genesis 10:12

13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,Select Genesis 10:13

14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. ¶Select Genesis 10:14

15And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,Select Genesis 10:15

16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,Select Genesis 10:16

17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,Select Genesis 10:17

18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.Select Genesis 10:18

19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, to Gaza; as you go, to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.Select Genesis 10:19

20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. ¶Select Genesis 10:20

21To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.Select Genesis 10:21

22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.Select Genesis 10:22

23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.Select Genesis 10:23

24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.Select Genesis 10:24

25And to Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.Select Genesis 10:25

26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,Select Genesis 10:26

27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,Select Genesis 10:27

28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,Select Genesis 10:28

29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.Select Genesis 10:29

30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go to Sephar a mount of the east.Select Genesis 10:30

31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.Select Genesis 10:31

32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.Select Genesis 10:32

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